Not a direct answer, but I highly recommend reading Outlive, by Peter Attia. It’s completely changed the way I think about these things. And it’s actually grounded in science.

When you’re a government, you need a little more process to ensure things are done well (moderation, security, …). Even something simple like that could take valuable time from quite a few people.

Sad but unfortunately fairly justified. Hard to justify spending public money on 3,500 users.

Just because it’s dangerous and not always fun doesn’t make it a “mission”. Exactly like when some rich schmuck pays 150k to climb Everest.

Can we stop calling it a “mission”? This is an expensive vacation for billionaires, not a scientific endeavor.

So, what’s next? A coalition of pro-europe parties? Along which line? I’m mostly interested in what we can expect in terms of environmental policy. I fear a step back…

I’m not sure but I think some of these drugs can make permanent damage.

Obviously survival remains the topmost concern, but thinking about side effects sounds like the logical next step now that we’ve made tremendous progress with survival.

Thank you!!!

No 😁

It’s just a funny video from LinkedIn or TikTok

I am really conflicted about this. On one hand I get that green policies are instrumental in stopping climate change before it’s too late. On the other I know some people who work in the automotive industry and they all agree that we shot ourselves in the foot with this regulation. We ended up being the only committed nation block (whatever) while anyone else (namely China, India and the USA) kept doing little or nothing, token contributions if any, but few long run plans like we did.

Someone needs to lead the way. How is being more virtuous shooting ourselves in the foot, exactly?

Well, this should give them some motivation.

It seems like a lot of people think Palestine needs to do stuff but Israel doesn’t. I’m not sure if it’s a double standard, racism, Israeli exceptionalism or what.

In my case, it’s none of that. It’s your question: “how can Palestine gain its freedom”.

Now let’s be crazy for a moment and imagine that both sides collaborate to fix the issue. I think it would be mostly the same for Israel: get rid of the lunatics, realize that Palestinians are fairly close relatives, work on forgiveness on both sides, and work on a fair two-state solution or even better a single-state solution.

Here’s my take on it:

1. Get rid of all extremists and violent factions internally (extremely hard, of course).
2. Engage in intense diplomatic lobbying, and be patient. If step 1) has been achieved, I think it would be extremely hard for Israel to resist the pressure, but maybe I’m too naive. Right now, it’s extremely easy to dismiss the Palestinian cause because of terrorism. What happened at the beginning of the conflict isn’t going to help.

Are you really sure? 😂

Hi! I would say it doesn’t matter much, as long as you pick one and stick to it. At your level, there are more important things to focus on than openings, so it pays to learn one and stick to it. Personally I chose Ruy Lopez as white (super successful, it’s easy, and I win a lot), and the Sicilian Najdorf as black (less successful, it’s hard to play well). Against d4, I play the king’s Indian or the Nimzo, but I don’t get to practice a lot.

WHAT? Where is the next one planned to take place?

Not really. People in developed countries need to divide their emissions by approximately ten times. Every little bit helps. And we should start with the easy ones.

Usain bolt, to some extent

They are obvious because they are rarely irreplaceable. We can live without mass tourism and fast deliveries.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_coal_production

The US is 4th.